Ezcap Cassette to MP3 Converter, Digital Cassette Player Converts Tape to MP3 into USB Flash Drive, No PC Required No Bluetooth

Records cassette tape or aux input to a USB flash drive having the standard full size male type A connector. No computer is required. The audio quality is good. It can play and record in either direction and has the auto reverse feature. It can be powered either by two AA batteries or by using an included cable for providing 5V 500 mA power from a USB ac adapter (not provided) or from a USB port on a computer. I only used 5V 500 mA power from a 2 A 5 V ac adapter. I do not recommend using AA batteries. Typically alkaline AA batteries only have a capacity of 860 to 1200 mA-h. Furthermore, their voltage drops substantially as they are used and thus the usable capacity is actually much less than this. It can automatically detect individual songs or just record everything until the stop button is pressed. I have only used the manual mode, which requires that one watch for the stop and reverse after both sides have been played. Also, I haven't tried recording using the AUX port and a 3.5 mm audio cable (not provided) connected to the line out from another source. There are also included ear buds with the 3.5 mm stereo phono plug. In addition to accepting the FAT and FAT32 formats, it also accepts the exFAT format, which means that one can use an SD, mini SD, or micro SD card with the appropriate adapter.HELPFUL INSTRUCTIONS: There is a sliding release on the end where the USB flash drive plugs into. In order to record, first press the large PLAY button on one of the long edges (which also has the STOP REW F.F. and DIR buttons as well as the switch for two-sided operation). The REC button is one of the six tiny black buttons on one side (the opposite side has the window through which one sees the cassete tape). The REC button is the second tiny black button from the end into which one plugs the USB flash drive. It has O LL embossed onto it. Pressing the tiny black REC button once causes the light by those buttons to blink continuously and recording takes place. Pressing it again causes recording to pause (but the cassette tape keeps turning) and the light stops blinking and just stays continuously on. Never remove the USB flash drive while recording is taking place. The USB flash drive may become corrupted.

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I have used this very heavily for about two months and I have had no issues other than it will absolutely not pair to my car's bluetooth and so I used the aux cable and it sounded very low volume. I had to crank all volumes to 10 and raise all equalizer settings on my car to hear the music. in the car using the aux I can definitely hear all kinds of tape and mechanical noise and hiss. I do own two bluetooth speakers at home and this paired up no issue with those and actually is plenty loud and the sound is great! It even split the instrument and vocal channels on some old albums like they were recorded. So the Doors cassette had guitars and drums coming from one side and the vocals and keyboards from the other side. Some tapes sound absolutely amazing and others can drag a bit and play a little slow, but overall it works and sounds great. Its easy to use and set up, I just wish it would work better in my car as I travel far distances a lot. If anybody knows a fix please let me know, I've already purchased a portable cd player that sounds so much better in the car and fit perfectly in the console.

It is blue tooth so you can use better listening ear devices and at a fair price also it reverses.

This compact device is a marvel of miniaturization, designed to convert cassette tapes to MP3 files. After many hours of learning how to use it, my own experience is that miniaturization was overused to the point of making it difficult to use.My biggest concern is with its handling of the cassettes themselves. It is difficult to see the direction of the tape because of the various ways of changing the direction in which the tape is moving. Several times I accidentally pushed a button that changed the play direction which was difficult to correct.Also, there seems to be quite a bit of wobble in the tape speed, which tends to distort voices and make music essentially unlistenable.Several times the tape got caught up in the transport mechanism, nearly destroying the tape itself.If you need to transfer cassettes to MP3 files, and require high fidelity, this may not be the best choice. There are services which make such transfers with larger, more stable equipment. If fidelity is not critical, then this device works quite well.As a final word of caution, there are several control buttons on the face of the unit that are used for controlling playback, recording, and other functions. It is next to impossible to read the symbols on these buttons. I put a dab of white nail polish in the RECORD button so I could locate it easily.

Only drawback was unless you used headphone jack you can't hear what's on the cassette until you play the MP3.

I bought this to connect to 2 things: my car for when I'm driving, and headphones for when I'm walking. It won't connect to either one.

Never recorded any files after an hour of forking around with it; even stopped pretending to record (the green light never flashed after hitting record) after a while. Tried 32gb and 4gb usb 2.0 and usb 3.0 sticks, as well as a usb-to-microSD stick with a 4gb and 32gb card, formatted in FAT, then FAT32, then eFATPlayed fine; audio came out the earbuds, so if you only want a player, you're fine. But if you hope to convert your 80s tapes to MP3, FORGET IT